There is only one I feel professionally able to help realize --
it began as a discussion list for teachers of English
who had access to the Internet and who were interested in doing
research on writing in their classrooms. Out of the initial effort,
other supporting activity structures were conceived, which we (a
steering committee of teacher researchers and a few faculty) will
be developing this year. I am hopeful that the interrelated
activity structures and the Wiz Pros that are developed this
year will help teacher research on writing to take root
in enough classrooms throughout the state to afford the
participants (yes, including me) a place to "share"
resources and to exploit those of the University
& the Internet for various writing-related projects. I am
reluctant to throw too many of my own words out ahead of
the collective deeds.
Judith
>I listened with interest to your "speculations" about the meta-vision, the
>practical enactment of CHAT-et-al (no _idle_ chat) AND the collaborative
>construction of the crucial theoretical artifacts. But I'll use my time and
>space today for remarking that I can appreciate the egalitarian courtesy of
>attributing Wizdom to every contributor to the papery walls of this buzzing
>nest... BUT at the same time I think this leaves us without means to
>conceptualize what it takes to sustain a discussion through those times
>when the forest of messages thins out. I am convinced that the viability of
>the x-lists depends, among other things, on the fact that there is more
>than one competent and commited Wiz around here, while you are still
>playing the "one and lonely" role model (I have also tried it, with,
>perhaps, less success. In other "places.")
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>Funny that you attribute the inauguration of this thread to me! I _did_
>formulate the Subject line that caught on, but the seed was planted by Mike
>when he forwarded Shep White's footnote to Sarason. The master Wiz works
>his magic invisibly: that, too, constitutes a lesson (to be read
>collaboratively).
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>Eva
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Judith Diamondstone
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